#E5D658#E5D658
#E5D658 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.146 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5D658 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 214, 88) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 61.6%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.72, -9.74, 62.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.72, 63.03, 98.89°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.49% -0.0316 0.1422) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.49% 0.146 102.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.1233, 65.4580, 18.8036) |
| Luminance | 0.6546 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.69
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.31
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.71
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 4.80
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.99
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.10
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5D658 #5867E5
analogous
#E59058 #E5D658 #AEE558
triadic
#E5D658 #58E5D6 #D658E5
tetradic
#E5D658 #58E590 #5867E5 #E558AE
square
#E5D658 #58E590 #5867E5 #E558AE
split-complementary
#E5D658 #58AEE5 #9058E5
monochromatic
#A8991A #DDC923 #E5D658 #EDE38D #F5F0C2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#E5D658 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.09
#E5D658 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5D658
14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5D658 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5D658 | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.09 | 14.09 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E8D049
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD75F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5C8BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5d658; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 214, 88); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.146 102.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0e28c',
500: '#e5d658',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5d658; $custom-light: #f0e28c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5d658",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 214,
"b": 88
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.617,
"s": 73.057,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86493,
"c": 0.1457,
"h": 102.5
},
"luminance": 0.65456
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5D658
secondary
#3743AA
accent
#25D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F